Mabel mine, Mabel mine ? ”
— “ I saw a stable and star-lamp’s light,
Early, this Christmas morning.
“ I saw a stable in Slumber-land,
And a little Babe with a snow-white hand,
And ’round the Babe the dumb beasts stand,
Early, this Christmas morning.”
— “ What did you hear in Slumber-land,
Mabel mine, Mabel mine ? ”
— “ Music, mother, a song divine,
Early, this Christmas morning. ”
— “ What was the song that the voices sung
When over the stable the low stars hung ? ”
— “ I can almost hear it still in the sky,
Listen, listen, — the strain draws nigh !
“ Glory in the highest ! Glory ! ”
— “ What else did you see in Slumber-land,
Mabel mine, Mabel mine ? ”
— “ I saw the shepherds listening stand,
Early, this Christmas morning. ”
— “ What said the shepherds there on the plain ? ”
— “ They touched their reeds and answered the strain :
“ Glory in the highest ! Glory ! ”
When the Angels ceased, the shepherds sung :
“ Glory in the highest ! Glory ! ”
And the Earth and Sky with the anthem rung :
“ Glory in the highest ! Glory ! ”
— “ O Mabel, Mabel, your dream was sweet,
And sweet to my soul is your story ;
Like the shepherds’ reeds, let our lips repeat :
